Bath-tub seat.



W. D. CULLEN.

BATH TUB SEAT.

APPLICATION HLEp MAY 15, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed May 15, 1914. Serial No. 838,815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. a citizen the United States, residing at Noblesville, in the county of Hamilton and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bath-Tub Seats, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a' seat for bath-tubs and which can be used and'arranged either inside of the tub or exteriorly I thereof.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a seat for use in connection with bath tubs and in which the tub acts as a support for the seat, the seat having folding features whereby it can be used exteriorly of the tub or arranged within the tub at the will of the operator.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,- constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 'is a fragmentary perspective view of the device, showing the same arranged eXteriorly of the tub;'Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the device arranged within the tub; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view, showing the means for simultaneously operating the legs with the supporting arms; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken through the body of the seat and the means for simultaneously actuating the legs and supporting arms.

Referring more particularly to the views,

I provide a seat body 10 which can be made of Wood or metal and which has swivelly mounted on its under side a plurality of similar curved arms 11, said arms extending horizontally and having their upper ends curved as mentioned to extend around the annular edge 12 of a bath tub 13. The arms can be swung horizontally on the underside of the seat body to lie in a transverse plane to the seat body or longitudinally thereof and secured to the under side of the seat body are a plurality of similar L-shaped members 14, one being provided for each arm, with each L-shaped member having a series of notches 15 therein and into which portions of the arms are-adapted to extend to hold the arms in an adjusted position,

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these members 15 being preferably rigidly secured to the under side of theseat body, as shown.

Mounted to swing on the under side of the seat body are a plurality of legs 16 which are so arranged to swing that they can be swung from a vertical to a horizontal position, the said legs when in vertical position being in supporting position and when in horizontal. position being folded as is clearly set forth in the views. Mounted to swing on the underside of the seat body are a plurality of stirrups 17, one being provided for each leg 16, with the longer ends of the stirrups terminating in loops or guides 18 having sliding connection with the legs and loosely encircling the same, whereas the inner ends of the stirrups are bent to form angular extensions 19 coiiperating with actuating members 20 rigid with the arms 11, one actuating member being provided for each leg and adjacent arm.

The actuating member consists, more particularly, of a plate having one edge thereof forming a cam 22 with theplate provided at one end of the cam edge with a slot 23 and flange 24.

Assuming that the seat is in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is desired to arrange the same as shown in Fig. 2. the operator first removes the arms from the notches 15 in the L-shaped members 14 and then swings the arms so thatthey will extend in opposite directions and longitudinally to the seat body. The swinging of the arms will cause the actuating members 20 to swing there with and the cams of the actuating members operating upon the extensions 19 of the stirrups and then subsequently being received in the slots 23 and engaged. by the flanges 24 of the actuating members, will result in swinging the stirrups so as to swing the legs 16 into folded position as shown in Fig. 4. The

arms now extend longitudinally to the-seatbody and will be received in another set of notches 15 in the members 14, thus locking the arms so that the seat body with the legs 14 can be arranged within the bath tub as shown, and whereby the arms and bath tub will support the seat. When it is desired to arrange the. seat as shown in Fig. 1 the arms are again removed from the notches in which they repose and are swung 1-10,

to extend laterally to the seat body, thus through the medium of the actuating member 20 and the extensions 19 upon which the actuating member 20 operates, causing the legs to be swung into an open position as will be readily seen, it being understood that the actuating member not only acts as being readily understood that, I do not limit myself to any specific kind of material to be used in connection with the device; that various changes may be made from the construction set forth in the drawings Without departing from the spirit of the invention and that the'scope of the invention is defined in the ap ended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a bath tubseat, the combination with a seat body, of movable supporting arms thereon, legs movably supported on the seat body to be moved into folded or unfolded positions, and means connecting the arms with the legs whereby, when the arms are actuated, the said legs will be correspondingly actuated.

2. In a bath tub seat, the combination with a seat body, of arms swiveled thereon and movable into positions transversely to or longitudinally to the seat body, and legs mounted to swing on the seat body and cooperating with the said arms whereby when the said arms extend laterally to the seat body the legs will be in unfolded position and whereby. when the arms extend longitudinally to the seat body the legs will be in folded position.

3. In a seat, the combination with a seat body, of swivelly mounted arms thereon and movable into a plurality of positions on the seat body, legs mounted to swing on the seat body and movable into folded or unfolded positions thereon, and means connecting the said arms with the said legs whereby the said legs'will be simultaneously operated by the said arms.

4. In a seat, the combination with a seat body, of swivelly mounted arms thereon and movable into a plurality of positions on the seat body, legs mounted to swing on the seat body and movable into folded or unfolded positions thereon, and means conneeting the said arms with the said legs whereby when the arms are swung into one position on the seat body the legs will be swung into unfolded position thereon and whereby when the arms are swung into another position on the seat body the legs will be in folded position thereon.

- 5. In a' seat, the combination with a seat body, of a plurality of arms mounted to swing on the under side of the seat body, legs mounted to swing on the seat body, stirrups mounted to swing on the seat body and connecting with the legs for actuating the-legs when the stirrups are actuated, and actuating members carried by the said arms and operating upon the said stirrups whereby when the said arms are swung into one position on the seat body the said legs will be swung into unfolded position and whereby when the said arms are swung into another position on the seat body the said legs will be swung into folded position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses VILLIAM DEAX CULLEN. \Vitnesses:

FRANK VVYANT, \V. C. IVARREN. 

